spirit duplicator
Purple ink copier
A spirit duplicator is a printing machine that transfers ink from a master sheet to copies using alcohol-based fluid—the "spirit" that gives it its name.
The master, typically prepared with special purple carbon, could produce roughly a hundred copies before fading.
Common in schools and offices from the 1950s through the 1980s, spirit duplicators produced distinctive purple text with a sweet solvent smell that many remember fondly.
Largely replaced by photocopiers.
Cutout pattern for painting
- masterAuthority or controller
- dittoWord meaning "same"
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- rollerRotating cylindrical tool
crank · hand-operated · manual · fluid · alcohol · ink · template · impression
Written or electronic file
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- collatingArranging in sequence
reprographics · secretarial · clerical · newsletters · memos · bulletins · flyers · notices
Hue between crimson and azure
- smellOlfactory perception
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- sniffingInhaling through the nose
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · analog · memories · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · childhood · school days
Printed practice documents
- handoutsItems distributed freely
- quizzesBrief knowledge checks
- examsFormal academic tests
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
study guides · classroom · teachers · students · homework · lessons · curriculum · syllabus
stencil
Cutout pattern for painting
roller · crank · hand-operated · manual · fluid · alcohol · ink · template · impression · replicate
document
Written or electronic file
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
collating · reprographics · secretarial · clerical · newsletters · memos · bulletins · flyers · notices · low-cost
purple
Hue between crimson and azure
vintage · retro · analog · memories · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · childhood · school days · fading
worksheets
Printed practice documents
assignments · study guides · classroom · teachers · students · homework · lessons · curriculum · syllabus · textbooks
- vintage officetypewriter, adding machine, mimeograph, dictaphone, Rolodex
- printing equipmentlaser printer, photocopier, copier, digital copier, multifunction printer
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- writing machinestypewriter, word processor, stenograph, linotype, monotype
spirit duplicatorphotocopier
Document reproduction machine
laser printer · digital printer · inkjet printer · letterpress
spirit duplicatordigital copier
Electronic document reproduction device
laser printer · multifunction printer · network printer · inkjet printer · 3D printer
spirit, spirited, spiritless, spirituality, dispirited, spiritualism, spiritedly, spiritualist, dispirit